Document skills in "How It Works" section #190
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Updated the "How It Works" section to include skill discovery in step 4 and clarified the output order in step 9. The actual output order is: rules -> skills -> task, which now matches the documentation. Fixes issue where skills were not mentioned in the workflow documentation. Co-authored-by: alexec <1142830+alexec@users.noreply.github.com>
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Updated README to consistently mention skills alongside rules and tasks: - Example command output description now includes skills discovery step - "Print combined context" now shows (rules + skills + task) order - Remote directory descriptions now mention rules, skills, and tasks - Directory structure examples now include .agents/skills Addresses feedback to correct more errors in the README. Co-authored-by: alexec <1142830+alexec@users.noreply.github.com>
I've corrected the additional errors in the README. All mentions of "rules and tasks" have been updated to include skills where appropriate:
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Pull request overview
This PR updates the README documentation to include skills in the "How It Works" section and related examples. The changes address a documentation gap where skills functionality was not properly documented in the workflow descriptions.
Key changes:
- Added skills to the processing pipeline documentation
- Updated the "How It Works" section with a new skill discovery step
- Added skills references throughout usage examples and remote directory descriptions
| 6. **Task Bootstrap Script**: For the task file found (e.g., `fix-bug.md`), it looks for an executable script named `fix-bug-bootstrap`. If found, it runs the script before processing the task file. This allows task-specific environment setup or data preparation. | ||
| 7. **User Prompt Appending**: If a user-prompt argument is provided, it is appended to the task content after a delimiter (`---`). | ||
| 8. **Parameter Expansion**: It substitutes variables in the task prompt and user-prompt using the `-p` flags. | ||
| 9. **Output**: It prints the content of all included rule files, followed by available skills metadata (as XML for progressive disclosure), followed by the expanded task prompt, to standard output. |
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This description of the output order is incomplete and may mislead users. Based on the code in main.go (lines 160-181) and pkg/codingcontext/context.go (lines 345-367), the actual output order is:
- Task frontmatter (if present)
- Skills XML
- Rules content
- Skills section (with "# Skills" heading and XML again)
- Task content
The current description says "rules, followed by skills, followed by task" which:
- Omits that task frontmatter appears first
- Incorrectly suggests rules come before skills (skills XML actually appears after frontmatter but before rules)
- Doesn't mention that skills metadata appears twice in the output (once standalone after task frontmatter, and again between rules and task content)
Consider revising to: "It prints the task frontmatter (if present), followed by available skills metadata (as XML), then the combined prompt (containing all included rule files, skills section, and the expanded task content), to standard output."
Note: The duplication of skills in the output may be unintentional (see main.go lines 169-178 and context.go lines 352-364).
| 9. **Output**: It prints the content of all included rule files, followed by available skills metadata (as XML for progressive disclosure), followed by the expanded task prompt, to standard output. | |
| 9. **Output**: It prints the task frontmatter (if present), followed by available skills metadata (as XML), then the combined prompt (containing all included rule files, skills section, and the expanded task content), to standard output. |
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